HRIS Program Lead

Austin Powder•Beachwood, OH

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Join the Family - Come work for an exciting company offering great benefits, challenging opportunities, and colleagues who feel more like family. This role involves designing, configuring, and supporting the Workday HRIS platform, with a focus on HCM, Payroll, Time, Absence, Recruiting, Compensation, and Talent Management modules. The HRIS Program Lead will be responsible for system enhancements, reporting, payroll support, data integration for mergers and acquisitions, training, security administration, process optimization, and project management. The position requires a deep understanding of Workday and end-to-end HR processes, strong analytical and leadership skills, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in HRIS with in-depth Workday HCM and deep understanding of end-to-end HR processes.
Excellent leadership, communication, and people skills.
Direct expertise in configuring and supporting multiple Workday modules: HCM, Payroll, Time, Absence, Recruiting, Compensation, Talent, and Reporting.
Experience with Workday Advanced Compensation, Dashboards, Security Administration, and integration.
Project management skills, with a history of leading system implementations or enhancements.
High attention to detail with a focus on data integrity, compliance, and system governance.
Strong analytical critical thinking skills.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Workday certifications in one or more functional areas
Expertise in Workday modules, configurations, and integrations
Deep understanding of HR processes, technical expertise, and a strong ability to align technology with business goals.
Strong Leadership and collaboration skills
Experience working across multiple legal entities and countries (U.S. and Canada).
Knowledge of employment regulations across multiple U.S. states and provinces.
Prior experience in a manufacturing, multi-entity, or private equity environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

Design and configure Workday modules including HCM, Time, Absence, Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, Compensation, and Talent Management.
Provide daily production support and ongoing system enhancements across all Workday functional areas.
Lead testing, validation, and deployment of Workday releases and new functionality.
Conduct regular audits of system usage, performance, and data integrity to drive continuous improvement.
Build and enhance Advanced, Matrix, Composite, and Discovery Board reports to deliver actionable insights.
Maintain and optimize the HR custom report library (over 900 reports), implementing guidelines to streamline naming, tagging, and sharing.
Develop dashboards for employee year-end tasks, HRIS workspace, and leadership decision-making.
Develop and generate reports to provide insights into key HR metrics.
Support Weekly and Bi-Weekly payroll, pay groups, schedules, accruals, and time-off plans.
Build paid sick leave time off plans for compliance across multiple states, including carryover, balance limits, and eligibility conditions.
Provided hands-on training, SOPs, and payroll process checklists.
Support Workday data integration projects across the US and Canada, supporting over 1400 employees.
Streamline census data templates and EIB load processes to reduce integration time and errors.
Provide training and support to HR staff and other users on how to effectively utilize the HRIS (Workday) Platform.
Create and maintain User-Based, Unconstrained, Constrained Role-Based, and Segmented Security Groups.
Maintain system compliance with federal, state, and local regulations through business process audits and regular system reviews.
Administer user access, security groups, domain policies, and business process permissions.
Consolidate entities as needed across the US and Canada to simplify payroll and HRIS workload.
Support the implementation of Talent, Advanced Compensation, and Performance modules in Phase-X.
Design and implement automated workflows using Workday's Request Framework for key HR processes including Job Accommodation, Tuition Reimbursement, and Benefits Appeals.
Support Recruiting operations by creating positions, closing legacy requisitions, update templates and grid views to improve efficiency.
Partner with HR team to configure internal/external offer letters, performance review processes, and annual bonus structures.